The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-04

Afternoon Session.
Noble Widemann called the House to
order at 2:30 o'clock and announced that
he would appoint Mr.. w. L. Wilcox tenn
porary secretary.
Rep. Nawahine then offered up prayer.
The roll was called, the following Mobiles
and representatives answering to their
names:
Nobles-S. G. Wilder, Mark P Robinson,
James I. Dowsett, ST.. Alex. Young, A.
Jaeger. w. R. Castle, w. o. Smith, Henry
Warehouse, W. E. Foster, s. C. Luhiau,
send, D. H. Hitchcock, H. P. Baldwin, E.
H. Bailey, John Richardson, Jas. Camp
bell, H A Widemann, Geo. N. Wilcox,
c. Bertelmann and Geo. H. Dole.
Representatives-Fran Hustace, ]. 1.
DoWsett Jr, A P Kalaukoa, D. l.. Naone,
A. Kauhi, Cecil Brown, Frank Brown,
Henry Deacon, Kamai, w. A. Kinney,
J. Mcguire, G. P. Kamauoha, ]. D. Paris,
O. Nawahine, w. II. Daniels, E. Heleku-
nihi, g. F. Horner, ]. U. Kawalnui, A. s.
Wilcox, w. H. Rice and F. Gay.
One Noble and three Representatives were
absent as follows: Noble P. N. Makee, and
Representatives J. Kauhane, J. w. Naka-
leka and A. P. Paehaole.
Ministers w. L. Green, Godfrey Brown,
L. A. Thurston and G. w. Ashford were
also present.
Noble Smith moved the adoption of the
rules OF 1872 as the rules of the House
Noble Castle moved, as an amendment,
that they be adopted temporarily until
other rules had been prepared. The rules
of 1872 were somewhat defective.
Noble Smith accepted the amendment,
which carried.
REPORT OF CREDENTIAL COMMITTEE.
Rep. G. Brown moved that committee
be appointed to examine the credentials of
all members of the House. Agreed to.
The Chairman appointed Reps. C. Brown,
F. Gay and +. Hustace a committee for
that purpose.
They retired, and few minutes later
brought in the following report:
Mr. Chairman-Your Committee on
Credentials beg leave to report that they
have examined the certificates of election
furnished by the members of this Assembly
with those on file in the Office of the Min
lister of the Interior, and so far as pre-
scented are correct. The certificates of
Hons. ]. Wight, W. r. Castle and w. H.
Daniels were not presented having been
left behind but we found the certificates on
file in the Interior Office as required. The
Hons. P IN. Makee, J. w. Nakaleka, A. P.
Paehaole and J. Kauhane not being present
1oHo To fhoir ro-
turns from the districts which they repre-
sent.
CECIL BROWN,
FRANCIS GAY,
+. HUsTACE.
On motion of Noble Hitchcock the report
of the committee was accepted.
Noble Smith moved that as Noble P. N.
Makee had just arrived his credentials be
examined. Agreed to.
Noble Waterhouse moved thata commit
tee be appointed to wait on the Chief JUS
tice to ask him to attend in the House
and administer the oath to the members.
Agreed to.
The chairman appointed Mobiles Water
house and Smith as such committee and
they retired.
Rep. G. Brown from the Committee on
Credentials and under suspension of the
rules, reported they had examined the
creden tials of Noble Makee and found
them correct.
The report was accepted.
SWEARING IN THE MEMBERS.
His Honor the Chief Justice then at
tended and administered the oath, first to
His Majesty's Ministers and afterwards to
the Mobiles and Representatives
RESOLUTIONS RELATING TO OFFICERS.
Rep. Kinney moved the following reso-
luton:
WHEREAS, some doubts exist as to the
term of Office of the officers elected at the
present session, and
WHEREAS this is an extraordinary ses-
sion convened before the regular biennial
session therefore, be it resolved that all the
officers elected tor the present session shall
be deemed to hold Office only until the
converting of the regular session in May,
1888
The resolution carried,
ELECTING A PRESIDENT.
The Chairman announced the next bust
ness in order was the election of Presi-
dent.
Rep. Kawainui nominated tn Hon. S.
G. Wilder for President of the Assembly.
Rep. Frank Brown nominated the Hon.
W. g. Castle.
The Chair appointed Reps. w. H. Rice
and w. A. Kinney as tellers.